Ninja Tropic

APRIL 2, 2025

What is Competency-Based Training? Before developing eLearning, define what you want to achieve. What is a “Competency” Exactly? Instead of vague learning objectives, competency-based programs set clear expectations for what learners should be able to do after training. CBT flips the traditional model.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 7, 2019

What is your hourly rate as an instructional designer? How much do you make if you’re a full-time salaried employee? What about freelance or consultant rates? Note that since I’m in the US, all of these resources are US-centric. Salary: Around $80,000. and get a benchmark salary to compare.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

If you’re not active in L&D Twitter, you might have missed the big debate recently about whether and how research is relevant to the work of instructional designers and corporate training professionals. Using contractions is also part of conversational language. What does that mean? Organizing content. Development.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 23, 2020

Do instructional designers and learning experience designers need to know how to use development tools, or should they focus just on analysis and design? What about people who only do development but no design; are they instructional designers? What about LMSs—do instructional designers need to know about those too?

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 23, 2021

I’m linking to blog posts about the presentations rather than directly to the recordings because I often include links to resources or further information in my posts. Are you looking for ways to make your training more relevant and engaging? Using scenarios can make your elearning more engaging and relevant.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 26, 2022

Learning Solutions 2022 was the first in-person event I have attended since the beginning of the pandemic, and it felt good to reconnect with people I’ve met before and to make new connections. We do have limitations that we can’t necessarily change, but our beliefs about those limitations are within our control.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

These plans are a few years old, so a few details have changed, but the overall structure makes sense. Using Twine for Classroom Engagement – ACTion. This is a summary of a project at the University of Toronto using Twine to create an educational game, plus an overview of Twine. Template for Twine using SugarCube.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 26, 2021

So what’s the trick? If you focus on the people and the decisions or actions they need to make, scenarios will be easier to write. Ultimately, this can help us create training that improves learner engagement and outcomes. One strategy you can use for many types of training is the worst case scenario.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 25, 2023

How do you get paid what you’re worth as an instructional designer or elearning developer–especially as a woman? As an individual, I think getting paid what you’re worth starts by knowing the benchmarks and understanding what others are paid for similar roles. I also talked about how to advocate for yourself.

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Infopro Learning

APRIL 25, 2017

Here are just a few of the questions we must answer when developing leaders for the future: What is the implication of the current business climate for leadership at all levels? What knowledge and skills should be our priority focus? What do we hold on to from our past programs? What do we discard? The Business Context.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 8, 2021

I received a question from a classroom teacher who is hoping to make the career move to instructional design. Specifically, she wanted to know how to prepare for an interview and what instructional designer interview questions to expect. What questions might they ask? Anything I should make sure to discuss?

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 23, 2019

Previously, I’ve talked about the skills instructional designers need and how to get into the field of ID. In this post, I talk about determining if instructional design is a good “fit” as a career. That’s one of the important considerations for teachers and trainers who are used to being up in front of a room full of people.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 18, 2023

The topics are always something that’s the opposite of the best practices and good points we all make in our real presentations. For example, Tracy Parish did a great job talking about how elearning isn’t supposed to be fun, it’s supposed to be torture. The best ones really lean into whatever terrible topic it is.

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Infopro Learning

APRIL 14, 2021

When designing an assessment, asking the right questions is the key to make it effective. As an e-learning designer, can you think about the last multiple-choice question you wrote? It is this difference that elevates “feedback” up to “coaching.”. Let us assume you have crafted instructional bullet-proof answer choices.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 1, 2022

iSpring isn’t as common of an elearning development tool as Storyline or Captivate, especially in the US. One of the biggest benefits of using iSpring for dialog simulations is that it’s fast. I built this in about an hour. Making connections between scenes is easy. I just used what’s in the library.

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Infopro Learning

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Dan Rust, Head of Leadership Development, Infopro Learning , talks about the complete suite of experiential facilitated programs created to provide leaders and their teams with the essential skills, expertise, and dialogue to work collaboratively and leverage inclusion as a strategic business asset.

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Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

ABOUT DR. STELLA LEE: Dr. Stella Lee brings over 20 years of international experience in e-learning, blended, and distance learning strategy, design, development, project management, and implementation. Join us on this exciting journey as we engage with thought leaders and learning innovators to see what the future of our industry looks like.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 28, 2022

This is a local conference for me, hosted in Raleigh, NC, about 30 minutes from home. This helps me remember what I learned, and helps share the ideas with those who couldn’t attend. Ken Blanchard shared research results about what learning leaders consider their priorities and challenges. They already see the why.

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Infopro Learning

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 3 million Americans quit their jobs every month (1). Below we have shared five steps to help you create a successful onboarding plan using these strategies. Find Out What New Employees Need to Know. Craft : What do they need to know to do their job correctly?

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 12, 2019

This is part 4 in a series about how to become an instructional designer. What tools are most requested? Lieve Weymeis’s blog is more useful after you have the basics down, but she has great explanations of what’s possible with advanced actions and complex interactions. Authoring Tools. Free Trials.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

I share these links about once a month here on my blog. AI tools What AI Tools are Instructional Designers Using? AI tools What AI Tools are Instructional Designers Using? Connie Malamed asked IDs what AI tools they’re using. This was created in Playground and edited in Affinity Designer.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 6, 2024

As I read online, I bookmark resources I find interesting and useful. I share these links about once a month here on my blog. AI images and video AI Art: What Should Fair Compensation Look Like? Part of the challenge in prompting is that many of us don’t know the specific vocabulary to describe aspects of images we want.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

How do you make money by sharing expertise for free? Blogging, presenting, and other forms of sharing expertise I spend a lot of time writing and speaking about scenario-based learning, instructional design, and other topics. Last year, I spent about 10 hours each month on my blog. It seems counterintuitive.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 5, 2022

This post includes workshop pricing, useful tools and resources for L&D professionals, volunteering and internship guidelines, scenarios, games, and diverse stock images. What to Charge for Your Workshop, Training or Webinar — The Counselor’s Coach. Useful tools and resources for L&D professionals.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 9, 2019

amdchiasson joined us soon after. A long portion of this keynote was about a one-star Amazon toaster review. If he can engage a huge audience by talking about a toaster review, then we can make any boring content interesting. I thought the crazy 8 technique for brainstorming would be very useful in a group.

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LifterLMS

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Tim talks about how he went from working as a school psychologist to starting a charity organization and then starting a company to satisfy the demands of his industry for continuous education. We’re going to learn about the impact he’s making, how he’s using LFTR LMS, but first, welcome to the show, Tim.

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LifterLMS

DECEMBER 22, 2024

People can better understand why certain experiences seem rewarding while others don’t by adjusting their job and surroundings to reflect what really motivates and excites them. You can find out about that at motivation code. We’re going to be talking a lot about that today. How do you think about it?

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Infopro Learning

JANUARY 21, 2021

Quality service is one of the critical factors today’s consumers consider before making a purchase. One of the most common complaints customers have today is that the customer service representatives that they talk to do not know enough about the organization’s offerings to answer their questions. Step 2: Designing.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 3, 2020

While many of us had been offering online courses and other alternatives to in-person training for years, suddenly nothing could be run in a traditional classroom setting; and so as a collective we’ve been forced to shift learning and development online. Look outside your organization to see what others are doing.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The reality is that this technology is changing too quickly, and no one really knows what will happen. I’ve also seen predictions from people optimistic about AI who expect it to transform and improve the whole field within two or three years. Self-driving cars and adaptive cruise control Think about technology in cars.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Currently, you can use the free plan for short samples as long as you provide attribution. AI, Instructional Design, and OER – improving learning I agree with the idea that AI and LLMs will make it much easier to create a first draft of content. More recently, social media has let us shift back to having many people create and share.

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

How should you structure it, and what pages do you need? We’ve written a lot about how to create a top-notch course, how to build community, and how to support learners as they move through your program. But there’s a lot of questions about building an actual course website that we haven’t covered. Here’s what to consider.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

DevLearn was different this year. You can also read my recap of week one , including more info about the platform and structure of the online event. They provided an overview of the differences between an LMS and an LXP, including what features they expect in LXPs. Even online, it was a great experience. Key Takeaways.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 29, 2023

This is a worked example of a single branching scenario where I show my actual prompts and results, with notes about what worked and what didn’t work. Ideal path In my last blog post, I used ChatGPT to draft two decision points. Your dismissive attitude towards my experience makes me feel undervalued and unheard.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 13, 2021

We all probably know we should use easier to understand language in instructional writing, but this article provides more specifics on how to actually do that. The before and after writing example shows what a significant difference it can make. Third, what can you do well that surprises other people?

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